This Focus Bulletin explores linguistic and cultural diversity in school, and how teachers, staff and parents can help multilingual learners feel welcome, confident, and prepared to succeed academically.

“effective pedagogy is not simply teaching subject areas in another language, but instead finding ways to use the language, culture, and experiences of students meaningfully in their education.”

The WIDA Standards Framework groups these ways of using language into four Key Language Uses: Narrate, Inform, Explain, and Argue. These represent high leverage disciplinary genre families that …

Aug 10, 2025 · The WIDA Consortium was established in 2003 to create English language proficiency standards and assessments (WIDA, n.d.-a). The goal was to ensure English Language Learners …

We focus our attention on expanding students' academic language by building on the inherent resources of English language learners (ELLs) and accentuating the positive efforts of educators.

This bulletin explores the diverse backgrounds of English Language Learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools, focusing on how context, culture, and language impact their academic achievement. It provides …

By focusing on what language learners can do, we send a powerful message that students from diverse linguistic, cultural, and experiential backgrounds contribute to the vibrancy of our early childhood …

Identify the main components of the WIDA Standards and their purpose in instructional design (including an understanding of the Key Language Uses and how they are connected to the Language …

This Focus Bulletin explores linguistic and cultural diversity in school, and how teachers, staff and parents can help multilingual learners feel welcome, confident, and prepared to succeed academically.

Summary: This article takes a closer look at what WIDA calls Key Language Uses. The focus is specifically on how students can establish perspective through passive voice and language choice …